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Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 took in $157 million and spent $186 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

School district taxes72%State tax money22%Fines and other3.8%County and local tax money2.1%Fees for services (school lunches)0.2%

What stands out

72%

of Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 29%.

School district taxes72%

Property tax

72%$113 million

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services

0.2%$319 thousand

What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches and other school charges

School lunches$283 thousand
Other school charges$36 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money22%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state

22%$34.1 million

County and local tax money2.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

2.1%$3.3 million

Fines and other3.8%

Interest, rents and other

3.8%$5.9 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Sent to other local governments2.0%Interest on debt1.8%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

96%$179 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$179 million

Sent to other local governments

2.0%$3.8 million

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts

Sent to school districts$3.8 million

Interest on debt

1.8%$3.4 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.